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Saturday, November 10, 2012

NEED SOME NEW BEDDING? It's sew easy!

I KNOW, I KNOW.......BORING! Well, at least I can save you some cash and a little frustration when you're trying to find pillow cases to match your new bedroom color. Now you can make your own in no time and they'll look amazing.

Case in point!

Here's the HOW to Video!

YOU'LL NEED

43" x 44" piece of fabric per case

Fiskars Pinking Shears

Sewing machine

Thread

43" of 1" wide ribbon

Fabric pencil

Ruler

Straight pins

Measure down 8" along one 43" side of your fabric

Mark that line with your fabric pencil using your ruler

Pin the ribbon along that line

Stitch the ribbon on the fabric following the line as shown. The stitch should be toward the edge of the ribbon.

Fold the fabric in half, matching the ribbons exactly!

Fold over the ends (both of them) and pin in place

Just like this!

Pin around the pillow case and ake your first stitch around the case.

When you're done, if you pull apart the area where you folded down the end, you can see that it finished itself, just like magic!

Pink all the raw edges.

With the pillow case inside out, fold the end inside the case so that the edge of the flap lines up with the ribbon

Pin all the way around the mouth of the case

Stitch around the mouth of the opening to the left of the original ribbon stitch. This will catch the ribbon in and finish your pillow case flap.

Stitch on the left side of the ribbon so that the original ribbon stitch so that the original stitch will be hidden.....You'll see!

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